WHTX (AM)
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| City | Warren, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Warren-Youngstown |
| Branding | Warren's WHTX 1570 |
| Frequency | 1570 (kHz) |
| First air date | August 17, 1971 (as WTCL) October 16, 1955 (as WHOT) |
| Format | Urban AC/Rhythmic Oldies |
| Power | 500 watts (day) 116 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 70531 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°12′22.00″N 80°50′29.00″W / 41.2061111°N 80.8413889°W |
| Callsign meaning | W-"HiTs (X)" |
| Former callsigns | 1990-2011: WANR 1981-1990: WOKG 1971-1981: WTCL 1955-1963: WHOT |
| Owner | Sagittarius Communications, LLC |
| Sister stations | WYCL, |
| Website | http://goldenstringradio.org |
WHTX (1570 AM) — branded Warren's WHTX 1570 — is an urban AC/Rhythmic Oldies radio station licensed to Warren, Ohio and serving the Youngstown-Warren area from sister station WYCL's studio/transmitter facility in Mineral Ridge. Owned by Sagittarius Communications, LLC, the station operates with unlimited hours, with 500 watts during the daytime, and 116 watts in the evening hours.
The 1570 frequency was the original home of WHOT, then a daytime-only station in the 1950s. One of the first Top 40 stations in the United States, WHOT was founded by Myron Jones and Bill Fleckinstein, who first signed on WJET in Erie, Pennsylvania on the 1570 frequency as a daytimer. After upgrading WJET to a full-time signal on the 1400 kHz frequency in 1955, Jones and Fleckinstein used the now-opened 1570 frequency to establish WHOT in the Youngstown suburb of Campbell, Ohio as a 250 watt non-directional daytime-only station. At the time, the station had to sign off at nighttime in order to protect clear channel XERF in Ciudad Acuña, and for a period WHOT was the only daytimer in the Youngstown market.
Despite the technical limitations, WHOT rose to the top of the local ratings in the Youngstown area. Longtime broadcaster Dick Biondi was the afternoon host on WHOT at this time. In 1963, WHOT moved to the 1330 frequency as a full-time operation (and to this day, still operates with a CHR/Top 40 format, although on the 101.1 MHz frequency). The 1570 frequency was reestablished in 1971 as WTCL, licensed to Warren, Ohio. WTCL became WOKG on November 2, 1981, and would eventually come under the ownership of Geraldine Taczak.
In WOKG's later years, it aired a controversial locally-based talk radio format under the "Talk 1570" name. Programmed by Steve Fine, the lineup featured Neil Hagan (host of "Sundown Talk"), A.J., Charles Cunningham, Mike Murphy and Mike Ward. Even while the station had authorization for nighttime operation by this period, WOKG primarily operated during the daytime hours (excluding whenever high school play-by-play would air). As a result, the schedule would vary according to sunrise and sunset times.
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